Chapter 2: Population

The avg number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years is defined as:

Who argued that the world's population increase is outrunning the development of food supplies?

The # of people who are too young or too old to work compared to those who can is defines as:

According to Malthus, Earth's food supply increased ____ whereas the food supply increased ____

The epidemiologic transition stage of degenerative and human-created diseases

How does one solve for Natural Increase Rate (NIR)?

Unlike Europe and N. America, countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America entered stage 2 bc:

Poverty, evolution of diseases, and ____  explain the reemergence of diseases in stage 5

T or F: Every country is currently in one of the stages of the demographic transition

Which stage is characterized by a sharp drop in CBR:

What is: (Number of People) / (Number of Square Miles) ?

T or F: In the demographic transition, a country is able to revert back to a previous stage

These stages of the epidemiologic transtion were "natural checks" on the growth of popluation.

What is (Number of People) / (Number of Square Miles of FARMABLE Land)?

This country is is what stage?

The burst of population in stage 1 of the Dem. Transition is due to the:

T or F: Population pyramids usually display the percentage of people in 10 year age groups.

T or F: Malthus was right

In stage 4, when CBR=CDR, this is known as:

Critics of Malthus argue that the world's supply of resources is expanding due to :